May 2018 - Real Wireless

Waveforms: tomorrow on trial

by Simon Fletcher | May 15, 2018 | Real Wireless blog

At Real Wireless, we tend to assume that our expertise will be called upon by a number of industry players as 5G throws up new challenges and competing ways of solving problems. However, even though most activity is still only at the trial stage, there’s no doubt that...

5G, Industry 4.0 and the future of British manufacturing

by Dr Abhaya Sumanasena | May 10, 2018 | 5G, Real Wireless blog

In the Nordic countries, there has been a recent surge in trials in 5G-enabled manufacturing. One notable trial combined ultra-low latency and high bandwidth aspects of 5G with machine learning to enhance production. Another demonstrated ways to produce blade...

5G: spectrum isn’t the only thing that could be shared

by Simon Fletcher | May 8, 2018 | 5G, Real Wireless blog

The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA) – a global, cross-industry alliance focused on increasing dynamic access to unused radio frequencies – held its Global Summit 2018 in London (on May 1-3). It took on a lot of issues and, in particular, raised the profile of spectrum...

Let’s chat about AI

by Simon Fletcher | May 4, 2018 | Real Wireless blog

The value of Artificial intelligence (AI) for mobile operators may be one of the less widely discussed uses of AI. It could, however, be considerable in areas like predicting demand patterns and anomalies in dense urban areas, proactive maintenance and improved...

Edge compute: time to open up

by Dr Abhaya Sumanasena | May 2, 2018 | Real Wireless blog

The combination of wireless and edge compute has a number of potential applications. Reducing the latency that would undermine the effectiveness of 5G connectivity could eventually permit 5G’s effective use in a number of applications. Industrial applications...

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The Potential Impact of Switching off 2G in the UK

by John Okas | Oct 17, 2019

While the UK has started the deployment of 5G networks, the older 2G networks will inevitably face switch off (or sunset) at some point. This is despite being relied on by the elderly, users in rural locations and numerous machine-to-machine (M2M) applications, such...

Quantifying the economic impact of 5G

by Julie Bradford | Nov 20, 2019

5G is frequently qualitatively promoted as an enabler of smarter working, leading to significant operational benefits and hence productivity gains. Less recognised, but nevertheless as important, are the potential socio-economic benefits for industrial and public...

AutoAir 5G transport project extended

Real Wireless will continue to play a key role in the AutoAir consortium, which has received a further £1.8m in funding from the UK government (DCMS) taking the total project investment from the government to nearly £6m. Matched industry funding now totals more than...

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